Welcome to Penicuik Meeting's website

Penicuik Meeting normally takes place on the first Sunday of every month between 11 am and noon at Valleyfield House, 17 High Street, Penicuik, Midlothian, Scotland, and is followed by a bring-and-share lunch.  Valleyfield House is through the pend or archway on the High Street – car parking is available in the grounds.  Children are most welcome and may have special activities.

Please see the Calendar page for meeting dates.

IMPORTANT

Covid-19 update - 5th January 2021

In accordance with current Government requirements, Penicuik Meeting is not holding face-to-face Meetings for Worship until further notice.  However, we still hold Meetings for Worship on-line through Zoom at 11am on the first Sunday of each month.  Please email penicuikquakers@blueyonder.co.uk for joining details.

We hope to resume face-to-face meetings for worship as soon as we can.

We also keep in touch as best we can with individual members and attenders of the Meeting by e-mail and phone, and we ask those who know of Members and Attenders without access to e-mail to pass on any messages to them - if they can do so safely and legally.

Central Edinburgh Meeting continues to hold virtual Meetings for Worship on line, as do some other meetings in Scotland.  Currently no Meetings in South East Scotland are holding face-to-face meetings.  We suggest you contact individual meetings directly through the Quakers in Scotland website for relevant updated information.

Please contact Central Edinburgh Meeting through the Quakers in Scotland website for further details on Central Edinburgh Meetings for Worship.

We pray that you all remain well in these difficult times.

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For further information on Penicuik Meeting please email <penicuikquakers@blueyonder.co.uk>.

For those using satellite navigation the postcode is EH26 8HS.

The Britain Yearly Meeting website is at www.quaker.org.uk.

Penicuik Meeting is a Local Meeting within South East Scotland Area Meeting.

Meetings in adjacent areas

Other Quaker meetings near Penicuik (with their normal non-Covid arrangements for meetings) are:

• Sundays, Mondays, some Wednesdays, and Fridays at Central Edinburgh Meeting in the Edinburgh Quaker meeting House.
• Each Wednesday (Edinburgh Midweek Meeting) in the Edinburgh Quaker Meeting House.
• Sundays at South Edinburgh Meeting in Morningside.
• 2nd and 4th Sundays at Portobello & Musselburgh Meeting.
• 2nd and 4th Sundays at Tweeddale Meeting in Peebles, plus monthly on every 2nd Thursday.
• 1st and 3rd Sundays at Lanark Meeting near Biggar.

Further details are available on the South East Scotland Area Meeting website at www.quakerscotland.org.

Meeting arrangements may be different at the moment because of Covid-19.  Please check through the Quakers in Scotland website.

Public transport

Public transport is currently limited and on special timetables because of Covid-19.  However, in more normal times services are as follows.

Buses to Penicuik (there is no railway to Penicuik):

• From central Edinburgh by Lothian Buses:  route 37 (09:46 and 10:06 am from Surgeons' Hall, arriving at 10:36 and 10:56 am respectively) or route 47 (10:04 from Queensferry Street, arriving at 10:56); standard single fare £1.80.  Please phone Lothian Buses at 0131 555 6363 or visit Lothian Buses' website at www.lothianbuses.com to check.  You need exact change for bus fares on Lothian Buses.
• From Peebles by Borders Buses:  route X62 (10:07 am from Eastgate, Peebles, arriving at 10:32).  Please contact Traveline Scotland - see below - or Borders Buses (phone 01896 754 350 or visit the website at www.bordersbuses.co.uk) to check.

Traveline Scotland:

For additional public transport information please phone Traveline Scotland (0871 200 2233 from the UK, followed by 3 when the greeting message starts).  This phone number is available 24 hours a day and costs at least 12p per minute from a landline phone.  Alternative (and potentially cheaper) phone numbers are 01236 634 361 and 01236 634 364.  Alternatively, visit the website www.travelinescotland.com.

Phone calls from landlines in the UK to 0870 and 0871 numbers can cost up to 15p per minute, frequently with an additional service charge of up to 15p per call.  Charges from other countries and mobiles may vary and could be significantly higher (for example for calls from mobiles typically up to 40p per minute plus a service charge).  Please check the cost with your phone service provider, and ask the billpayer's permission if not using your own phone.

Penicuik Meeting does not guarantee the public transport on this page - please check before travelling!

Updated 05 January 2021